Engineering Manager Grid Automation UK

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A Snapshot of Your Day

Being part of the Grid Automation team as a Engineering Manager you have the full responsibility for successful execution of engineering substation secondary system in AC substations. You will manage and lead teams in charge of technical solutions design, fulfilling customer specifications and engineering standards, checking and ensuring compliance over the domains, obeying laws and regulations. You will plan and allocate resources and budgets to engineering activities, committing workforce proficiency and capability to conduct the assignments in time and quality. Teamwork with Bid Managers, Project Managers and suppliers in the field of secondary systems is your key to success.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Handle specification for Protection, Automation, and Control systems in AC projects.
• Allocate resources based on capabilities and availability.
• Ensure fulfillment of all customer functional and technical requirements.
• Take corrective action for schedule divergences.
• Provide technical support for customer offers and subcontractors.
• Implement continuous improvement for engineering solutions and lean processes.
• Research new technical solutions for secondary systems.
• Supervise and assure quality of the engineering team and subcontractors.

What You Bring

• Completed degree in electrical, electronic or equivalent engineering, automation or similar.
• Extensive professional experience in secondary systems engineering
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering standards applicable to the local market
• Working experience with cubicle assembly factories, protection and automation design, testing and commissioning teams
• Leadership experience with intercultural teams.
• Deep knowledge of secondary systems manufacturers leaders in local market
• Experience working in brownfield and greenfield projects for secondary systems in HV substations
• Digital solution understanding and previous experience. Working knowledge of tools needed for electrical design, parameterization and configuration of secondary systems solutions.

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Opportunities to work with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Medical benefits
• Remote/Flexible work
• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

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